Resilient wheel.



H. CLIFFORD.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

APPLlcATloN FILED AUGA. 1913,

Patented May 18, 1915.

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HERBERT CLIFFORD, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

RESILIENT WHEEL.

adsense.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, relis.

Application filed August 1, 1913. Serial No. 782,422.

To all whom it may concern Be it known ythat I, HERBERT CLIFFORD, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rThis invention is an improvement on that described and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,066,7 99, granted to me July 8, 1913, and the object thereof is to improve and simplify the construction described and claimed in said patent, and to render the same more durable and efficient; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists Vin the construction, combination and arrangement Vof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is particularly applicable to the wheels of pleasure vehicles, such as automobiles, carriages and the like, but may be applied to the wheels of various kinds of vehicles; and said invention is fully disclosedv in the following specication of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of a part of a wheel involving my invention; Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 Va section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a section on the line .1 4C of Fig. 1, and Figs. 5 and 6 are side views of details of the construction of the tire of my improved wheel detached.

In the drawing forming part of this speciication, I have shown at a, Fig. 1,.a part of the spokes of a wheel involving my in# vention, a main rim member b with which the spokes a are connected in the usual or any desired manner, and a supplemental' rim and tire member c which incloses the main rim member o and between which and said main rim member is an annular space cl.

The main rim member o may be made in any desired manner and of any preferredk material, or a combination of materials, and the supplemental rim and tire member c comprises an inner annular band Z2 of steel, or other suitable metal, and an outer tread member (Z3 of rubber or other suitable material, and between the band Z2 and the tread memberal3 are placed tire saddles e and j which are of predetermined length and which lit closely on the band da and which are of the same Width as said band in cross section, and the tire saddles e are provided centrally thereof with inwardly directed side ears c? which extend inwardly of the band d2, and the tire saddles f are provided with inwardly directed ears f2 and f3, and the ears f2 are at abutting ends of the tire saddles 7, inthe form of construction shown, and the ears f3 adjacent to the other ends and, in practice, the tire saddles e and f are so formed and placed as to cover the entire outer surface of the band Z2 so that the ends thereof abut, as shown,

and the ears f2 and f3 of the tire saddles y f are clenched around the side vedge portions of the band Z2,as clearly shown at f4. The tire saddles e and f are also formed to receive the tread member d3, as shown at g,

in Figs. 2 and 3, and said tread member may be held in place by means of rings or bands g2 in the usual or any preferred manner, or said tread member may be connected with and held on the tire saddles e and f in any preferred way. V

Mounted on the inner side of the main inner rim member o arek rim saddlesz' of rubber or any other suitable material, andl said rimsaddles i are provided with transverse yokes y' having outwardly directed side members jg which are threaded, as shown in Fig. 2, and passed through the ears e2 of the tire saddle member e is a rod if: lon which are mounted threaded bolts m, and the side members f2 of the rim saddles z' are connected with the threaded bolts m which are connected with the tire saddles e by means `of ordinary turn buckles a, and by turning said turn buckles in the desired direction, the main linner rim member Z2 and the supplemental outer rim and tiremember c may be securely connected, or bound together,'as will be readily understood. The rim saddles i are held in place on the main inner rim member b, in the construction shown, by yokes 0 having side arms 02 which extend outwardly across said rim member b,

and on which are mounted transverse linkV Vith this construction it Will be seen that, as in my prior patent hereinbefore re- 'icc ferrea logfile Weight of the venue Waite Y suspended from theouter tire and rimmember c at all timesand in'all positions of "the 'wheels 'ofY thevehicle, Yand the Vouter part ofsaid louter rim and tirevmember d3,

y being elastic and the rim saddles/being p also elastic,

the body of the vehicle will Vbe resiliently suspended,pthe annular space d vbetweenk the parts b and Z2 permitting- ,ofr

a slight'movement of the outer rim and tire member c toward and from the main yinner Y rim member b at all times, and the outer rim and tire memberVV willthus adjust itself .Y to all road surfaces, vand the movement and operation` of a vehicle provided with myV Y ti'resaddles fwith the band d2,

improvedwheelor l'wheels may be effected .with the least possible vjolt or jaar and in-Kl Vconvenience'te the occupantsthereof.

invention is not limited'fto the' exact form and construction of the tire saddles e and f, or the method of connecting the f exact method of securingthe rim saddles tothe rim member Znand various changes in and modications ofthe various parts of the construction herein shown and scribed may be made, Awithin the scope'of the appended claims 4without departing spokes a,

- also be'variedras may be .desired orffound necessary.

Vfrom the spirit. of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

In' the construction shown,the rim sad# Y dles z' are placedy between alternate pairs of and three of the tire saddles f areV placedvbetween each pair o-f the tire saddles e, but this arrangement of Vsaid saddles may Having ters Patent Vis,--`

vLA wheel provided with a main innerl rimymembery and aV supplemental outer rim member `on 'which the tire is mounted, and

which" incloses 1but is separated from the main innerV ,rimVVV member Vby, an annular space,said-outer rim,member being .Vprovided on its Youter surfaceV with transverseV tire saddles which hold the tirein place, and

"y i' Copies'of this patentlniay be obtained for 'i some of which are secured to said rim mem- V ber, andfotherspof which are provided with kinwardly-directedy ears, and the main inner nor to thev fully described my invention what n v .I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letrim member being also provided with elastic saddles which are secured on the, inner side thereof,7and on which are mounted trans-1 VV'verse yoke members, the sides of whiohreX- tend outwardly and are connected with said ears by turn buckle devices, whereby said relastic saddles may be put under greater or less compression.v

2. In a` wheel of the class described, Ya

main inner rim member r and asupplemental outerrimmember which. incloses, but is separated v from the mainv inner rim member by an annular space, said outer rim member ybeing provided on .its louter surface with transverse tire saddles having inwardly directed ears, and' the main inner rim mem-r ber being also providedl on the inner side thereof with elastic saddles which are secured theretov andV onrwhichv are mounted V,yoke members they sides of which extend some of which are provided withl inwardly directed ears, and the-maininner rim member being also provided on its'inner surface with elastic saddles vwhich are secured thereto, and on 'which are mounted transversezyoke members, the'sides of which eX- tend outwardly and. are connected with the said tire saddle ears by radially adjustable devices. Y I

, VIn testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 26thk day of AJuly y119173,.

u y .y HERBERTCLIFFORD. Witnesses; l i i SVANDREWS,

C. M ULREANY. Y

im cents eaeii, by addressing thevffco'mmissioar f Patents, Washington, D. CJ Y Y sol 

